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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1979
Page
5
Six Amoco dealer stations in Decatur ready to start marketing gasohol today as part of a year-long test marketing project. Amoco said the fuel, a mix of nine parts unleaded gasoline and one part ethanol, marks the company as the first major oil firm to market gasohol in Illinois.
The firm says gasohol will cost more than gasoline since alcohol is pricier. 200 proof alcohol from Archer Daniels Midland Co. in Decatur is used. In Illinois, Urban Counties Council receives a $44,000 grant from the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission to study financing criminal justice costs across Cook, Kane, Macon, Knox, St. Clair and Livingston counties over six months.
Central and Southern Illinois are likely to keep their seats, but Cook County faces a population drop up to 20 percent, risking two Chicago area seats after the 1980 census. Illinois population rose 1.2 percent to about 11.243 million, with 24 districts averaging 468 thousand each.
Kane County State's Attorney Eugene Armentrout and six others pleaded guilty to minor election law violations in a case tied to Gov. James R. Thompson's tax lid petition drive. Judge John A. Leifheit fined Armentrout 2000 dollars for fraudulently signing as notary on petition pages, while others were fined 500 to 1500 dollars for signatures collection offenses.
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